MBAM Server version is not updated after applying the December Update

Last month Microsoft released a new update for the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack and for the Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM):https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3198158 This week I'm working with a customer on a new MBAM project, and after installing this update I noticed that the version wasn’t updated in the control panel, so I thought that something …

Simple Windows Hack to prove why BitLocker is important

Today I was presenting at Microsoft IT Camp, and an question about why BitLocker should always be implemented came up. So I showed this simple demo on how Windows (and other operating systems) can be hacked, if the disk is left unencrypted. The demo was showed on the latest version of Windows 8.1 Update with …

Save the Windows 8 BitLocker Recovery Key on SkyDrive

I’ve been playing around with Windows 8 Beta today, and it’s amazing how well the OS integrates with Windows Live, SkyDrive and other cloud services. When I wanted to enable BitLocker it even recommended to save the recovery key to SkyDrive. Awesome. Looking forward to see the final release in a near future.

TechNet: X-MAS Calendar

December 6, 2010 The snow is still falling around our little country, and x-mas is getting closer. Each day in December, you can test your knowledge in a daily quiz for Danish IT Professionals, and I’ve got the honor to host today’s question. If you think you know the answer, send it to ronni.pedersen@eg.dk, after …

How to change the default BitLocker encryption method and cipher strength when using the Enable BitLocker task in ConfigMgr 2007

By default, the "Enable BitLocker" task of a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence defaults to an encryption method and cipher strength of "AES 128-bit with Diffuser". However, the "Enable BitLocker" task does not have any way of changing from the default encryption method and cipher strength to any of the other options: AES …